Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 6616
Clean Water Justice Act
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Introduced 2025-12-11Topic: environment · criminal justice · infrastructure utilitiesSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill raises the criminal fines in the federal Clean Water Act for knowingly violating water pollution rules. It changes the fine amounts in that section from $5,000 to $25,000, from $50,000 to $250,000, and from $100,000 to $500,000. It requires the head of the Environmental Protection Agency to adjust these maximum penalties each year based on the rise in the Consumer Price Index and to publish each adjustment in the Federal Register. Each adjustment would apply only to violations committed after it is published.
Sponsors
- Nanette Diaz Barragán Democrat sponsor
- 0 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | refer |
| 2025-12-11 | House | Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-12-11 | House | Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-12-11 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-12-11 | Introduced in House | introduce |